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{No Model.) v 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. A. H. BRINKMANN.

SHIRT.

Patented May 12, 1885.

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3 Sheets-Sheet A. H. BRINKMANN.

SHIRT.

No. 317,711. Patented May 12, 11885.

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AUGUSTUS H. BRINKMANN, on BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 317,711, dated May 12,1885. Application filed November 20, 1884. (No model.)

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, at the armpits, for thepurpose of promoting the healthand comfort ofthe wearer, and preventing the bosom from being soiled by sweat. Theconfining of the excretion from the pores of the breast is injurious tohealth and the starched linen set'in bosom is practically impervious tothe escape of the excretion through the pores and to the escape of thevapor from the evaporation of the sweat. My improvement, therefore,while affording ventilation at the starched bosom of the shirt forpermitting the escape of what is known as insensible perspiration at thebreast, gives the important advantage of aiding in the evaporation ofthe sweat and allowing the vapor to pass off through the set-inshirt-bosom. The provision in the shirt for ventilation at the armpitsis important in serving to diminish the absorbent material at thesepoints, and necessarily lessens the secretion of perspiration in thesolid form of sweat.

Water-proof garments have been provided with means for ventilation forthe escape of heated air and moisture from between them and thewearing-apparel, for allowing a circulation and free draft of airbeneath the armpits and other parts of the body upon which thewater-proof garment has a close tit over the clothes, the obj eot beingto prevent, as far as possible, the uncomfortable heating of the body inthe use of water-proof overgarments. For this purpose water-proofgarments have been provided with eyelet-holes in those parts which comeunder the armpits of the wearer, said eyelet-holes opening into a looselining for the air to pass between the coat and the loose lining andeffect a circulation of air. For the same purpose tubular passages witheyelet-openings have been formed in the garment for ventilation and toprevent the sleeves shirt having a setin plaited bosom with provis- 7ion for permitting the free escape of the perspiration beneath theplaits without a circulation of air beneath the shirt or exposing suchventilating provision, and having that part of the shirt which comesunder the armpits made open by one or more rows of eyelet holes oropenings, so as to form an open strip or section of the sleeve at thearmpits to break or interrupt the continuity of the closed body of thematerial, and thus reduce the heat and the accumulation and retention ofthe solid matter which results from sweat, and afford a degree ofventilation at this point.

My invention coinprehends a shirt with a set-in bosom having alternateparallel rows of ventilating eyelet-holes and plaited parts 1yiugloosely over and covering the ventilatingrows of eyelet-holes; and myinvention comprehends aplaited ventilating-bosom for Shirts,

the provision for ventilation being covered,

and a shirt provided with a set-in plaited ventilating-bosom and set-insleeves having their armpit parts provided with ventilating set-instrips. It eomprehends the combination, in a shirt, of a set-in bosomhaving plaits and ven tilating eyelet-holes covered thereby, and thebody having a cut-away part or strip along the arm-hole seam at eacharm-pit covered by a ventilating sewed-on strip.

The accompanying drawings represent, in Figure 1, a front view of somuch of a shirt as illustrates my improvement. Fig. 2 represents theinner side of a plaited set-in ventilating-bosom. Fig. 3 represents across-section of a plaited ventilating-bosom. Fig. 4 shows the armpitpart of the shirt-body with the ventilating-strip set in along thearmholeseams; and Fig. 5 shows the inner side of the same, in which isseen the cut-away strip in the body along the armhole-seam covered bythe set-in ventilating-strip.

The body of the shirt may be made in the usual or any desired way, andthe sleeves and the bosom set in as usual.

The bosom is plaited, and the style of the plaiting may be varied. Thebosom may be open in the middle, and the shirt may be open at the back,or otherwise, or the bosom may be closed at the middle, and it may be ofany desired form, or cut, and made of a single piece or of separatepieces.

The provision for ventilation at the bosom consists of eyelet-holes a,made in those parts of the bosom which lie beneath and between plaits b,so as to be covered by them, and this construction will give abosom-surface of plaits I), each plait covering one or more ventilatingeyelet-holes, a, made in those parts of the bosom over which the plaitslie, so that the eyelet-holes, while being covered and unseen, by reasonof being in the non-plaited part, are open to the free or loose plaitedparts, which,

being unattached at their outer edges, afford a sufficient communicationwit-h the interior of the bosom through the eyelet-holes to permit theperspiration to escape out under the bosom folds or plaits, and to giveventilation to such degree as to promote the evaporation of the sweatand the escape of the vapor therefrom from the inside to the outside ofthe bosom. In the example shown the plaits are made of separate stripsor pieces sewed to separate ventilating-strips 0,- but the bosom may bemade in a single piece, with the ventilatingholes a disposed in parallelrows, so as to permit the forming of the plaiting so that each plaitwill overlap and cover a ventilating bosom-strip part having free aircommunication with the inner side of the bosom beneath the free foldswhich form the plaits. A plaited shirt-bosom so made may be sold as anew article of manufacture, and set in a shirt with or without provisionfor ventilation at the armpit parts, and a shirt made with such aventilating-bosom forms anew article of manufacture with or withoutprovision for ventila tion at the armpit parts, while a shirt havingprovision for ventilation beneath the plaits of 4 5 a set-in bosom andprovision for ventilation at the armpit parts constitutes a new articleof manufacture.

. The provision for ventilation at the armpit parts consists in cuttingout a strip from the body of the shirt along the armhole-seams at theunder part, or that part which fits the armpit, and a set-incovering-piece, f, having one or more rows of eyeletholes, g. Thisventilating strip f crosses the side seams of the shirt-body and extendsabout one-third around the armhole-seam, and I prefer to place it in thebody of the shirt; but it may be placed in the sleeve. In eitherposition it is close to the armhole-seam, and may, in fact, be placedwithin the armhole-seam.

I prefer to make the ventilatiugopenings of eyelet-holes, but they maybe of other form, having their edges bound like button-holes.

The shirt may be made of muslin, flannel, linen, or other suitablefabric.

I claim 1. As a new article of manufacture, a shirt having a plaitedset-in bosom provided with ventilating-o enings covered by said plaits,substantially as herein set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a shirt having a plaited set-inbosom provided with ventilating-openings covered by said plaits andventilatin gopenings around the under part of the armhole-seams,substantially as herein set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a shirtbosom having plaits andventilating-openin gs covered by said plaits, substantially as hereinset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses,

AUGUSTUS H. BRINKMANN.

Witnesses 4 WILLIAM A. WILSON, HENRY F. YOUNG.

